Campaign of the Month:
August 2010

The Melekar Chronicles

he year is 154 AE as humans mark it, and the world is in a state of turmoil. It has been 150 years since the Day of Death, both marking the end of an empire and the single bloodiest day in Melekar’s 3000 year history. I am known by many names. The Historian, to humans in their fields. The Chronicler, to the Elves in the forests. And The Great Artificer to the gnomes in their mountain homes. Regardless of my title, all races know me as the Master of the Mists, in which I make my home, and from which I watch the world pass me by. Kings rule their kingdoms, peasants work their fields, empires rise and fall, and I watch. I watch and I record as the world floats through the void. I have recorded many stories throughout the ages, and those can be found in the great library, but if you wish to join me in my study, you can see a legend in the making, as the Tale of the Trinity unfolds.

WoW,
is all I can say… I have to admit this is one of the best Ive found so far.. makes me wish I knew what I was doing…
I have just spent 2+ hours reading and see I have so much more to read…. Mandatory reading for my players indeed :)

I love your layout on the Melakar Chronicles – very refreshing – yet somehow both modern and antiquated. The milestones and achievements are an excellent idea. But I will say more on this on your forum post!

Gaaran, I just want to say that I am both impressed and inspired by your new layout, particularly the layout for the History and Geography sections. It is not only incredibly user friendly, but also stunning to behold. Kudos!

Hey, thanks, Ant! I originally drew them out on a poster board (which was a real pain to scan), and then I used some Tutorials at the [[Cartographer’s Guild|http://forum.cartographersguild.com/]] to make them. The maps of Wellspring and Fallcrest were made by Wizards of the Coast.

I’m out of town (but not without my laptop) so it’ll have to wait a few days, but I’d be happy to share the code. Someone might even be able to suggest how to clean it up, all I know is that it works :). Thanks for the kind words!

Well, hey, thanks duskreign! I can’t take 100% credit for all the house rules, as the prestige points and disfigurements I borrowed from other users, but the achievements are all me, and they’ve been proving to be pretty fun so far!

Many sites on Obsidian Portal impress me with their layout and design, and yours doesn’t disappoint in this regard. However, what I am most impressed with here is your fantastic house rules. I love the achievements idea and the disfigurements. I use a scar chart and a huge d30 to determine the location and severity of such injuries, caused by failing the first, then second death save when a character falls in combat.

Thanks, arsheesh! Gaaran has put forth an amazing effort with this campaign setting, and it is my hope that we, as his PC’s, are up to the task of inhabiting this richly defined world he has crafted with the same degree of creativity and respect that he has shown us by allowing us to participate in such an engrossing gaming experience.

As for YOU, Gaaran… you can’t keep teasing me like this. When are we going to play!?

I just happened to see this in the favorite campaign box on the main page and the banner intrigued me to check it out. I have to admit this is a pretty awesome site. I really like how you have laid out your wiki. Keep up the great work.

Just read the Godspike notes. Man that must have been an epic campaign! Lot’s of really interesting ideas in there. I was intrigued by the idea of frost giants who mined magic gems used in inter-dimensional travel. The Cicyl character sounded really interesting as well, wish there was a bit more written about this character. All in all sounds like it was a great campaign.

I never sleep. I’m actually going on a field trip with my daughter tomorrow and couldn’t sleep earlier. If I try to sleep now I’ll never get up so I decided to work on the wiki a bit. Been MS Painting my ass off haha!

You’ve been busy too Jim :). I’m glad you’re liking the achievements, I’ve been delayed in getting my next session of my campaign together, but I’m anxious to try them out as well. And to be fair, I’ve only been retouching and adding pics and stuff, haven’t done too much creating tonight. My next task is to rewrite all the Heroes of Old pages so they read more like accounts or stories rather than notes (which is really what they are now).

I stole a couple (which you already knew) and my players are already thinking about how to best get them. I made a dossier section on the main page that I’m going to make achievement badges for. I see you’re busy as heck with your wiki tonight, keep up the good work!